GREAT READS → MUSINGS Issue 904 · March 23, 2022

The Clothing Contract

Did my girls love their exclusive European dresses I spent hours looking for? Of course not!

The Clothing Contract

Now, did my girls love their exclusive European dresses? Of course not! (See equation above.)

Some kids don’t care what they wear. But I happen to be raising leaders of tomorrow. They have opinions! So the fact that I’d miraculously found the blue dresses in exactly the right sizes didn’t mean that the cutie pies at home would like the dresses. But I came home and everything fit, and everyone liked them, and thank you Hashem!

Of course, said cutie pies could always change their minds a few weeks into the season. That’s a problem. So much so that I’ve considered drafting a contract for them.

I, the undersigned, hereby therewith attest to the fact that I like the (insert color, insert company name) dress / jumper / outfit that my mother bought me on this day of (date), and I will happily wear it until Succos 2022 and if not, I will go to the other side of the house and complain about it to Tatty!

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